Mark,
I wrote this list for The Field May 08.
Try Richard Slocock. 90 mins from SW London. He has a syndicate as well as day rods.
Good luck.
Charles RW
25 inexpensive (ish) places to go chalk stream fishing:
1. Dorchester Fishing Club (
www.grhe.co.uk) has seven miles of water around Dorchester, and though there is a waiting list, some inexpensive day tickets are available: contact John Aplin 01305 266500 or 07889 680464 or email
john@riverworks.co.uk.
Richard Slocock at Wessex Chalkstreams:
www.goflyfishing.co.uk or 01305 848460 has fishing on:
2. The River Piddle at Tolpuddle from £40: Briantspuddle, Throop, Culeaze, Warren Lane upper and lower from £50.
3. The River Frome at Maiden Newton from £50, Frampton from £60, Seven Hatches, Muckleford and Stratton from £75
Richard also offers syndicate rods with miles of fishing on the Frome, Piddle, Bride and Hooke for £475, fishing anytime.
4. On the River Allen in Wimborne, there is free fishing where the river flows through the town.
5. The Salisbury and District Angling Club has fishing on the River Avon (six beats) the River Wylye (two beats), the River Nadder (six beats), the Rive Ebble and the River Bourne (two beats). The full season rod costs £156 and though there is a waiting list, club members can buy guests day tickets on three beats of the Avon for £20 a day.
www.salisburydistrictac.co.uk
6. The Christchurch Angling Club, has miles of water on the Frome, the Stour, the Avon and the Crane. Most obviously this is coarse fishing water, but for the specimen trout hunter it is very interesting indeed: a full rod costs £120.
www.christchurchac.co.uk
Simon Cooper at Fishing Breaks (01264 781988 / info@fishing breaks.com /
www.fishingbreaks.com ) has day ticket fishing on:
7. River Alre at Western Court (upper Itchen tributary) from £75
8. River Lambourn at Donnington Grove from £80
9. The River Avon at Enford Church from £75
10. The River Wylye at Boreham Mill from £75
11. The Wallop Brook or Nine Mile Water (a Test tributary) from £75
12. The Wilsthire Wildlife Trust offers day tickets on the River Wylye at Langford for £30. Contact the reserve office: 01722 792011 or 790770 /
langford@wiltshirewildlife.org /
www.wiltshirewildlife.org
13. The Norton Fishery has rods on 1000 yards of the River Dever in Hampshire near Sutton Scotney (and three one acre stocked lakes). Rods fish on a named day and may share a rod with a guest at any time, whilst full guest rods cost £30 per day, the cost of a season rod is £399 for a weekday £450 for a weekend. Contact David Hemming by phone 0118 9813863 after 7pm.
14. Barton Court offers day permits on the River Kennet from £65. 01488 658905 /
info@riverkennet.co.uk
15. On the Avon there is some free fishing in Salisbury town centre
16. On the Itchen there is free fishing between Blackbridge and St Catherine’s lock on the Itchen Navigation: and in Winchester town centre between the weirs on the main river.
17. On the River Chess there is free fishing by the playing fields in Rickmansworth.
18. On the River Great Stour in kent there is free fishing within the perimeter of Canterbury.
In Norfolk members of the Salmon and Trout association can get day permits on:
19. River Wensum at Bintry Mill for £15: contact Terry Lawton 01603 872393 / t.@netcom.co.uklawton
20. River Bure at Ingworth for £15: contact Vic Purdey 01263 833593
21. River Nar at Narborough for £10. Contact Jim Gill 01553 671178.
22. On the River Wensum in Fakenham there is: day ticket fishing for £5 a day upstream of the by-pass – contact Dave’s Tackle on 01328 862543. And free fishing from the old railway bridge up to the town opposite the race-course and golf course.
23. On the River Glaven The River Glaven Fishery Association sometimes has season rods for £100. Contact David Mostyn, by email
davidmostyn@paston.co.uk or phone 01263 740223.
24. On the Driffield Beck day tickets are available at Mulberry Whin from £45. 01377 254073 /
www.mulberry-whin.com /
agsdixon@aol.com
25. The Driffield Navigation is fed by the Beck and contains some fine trout. Fishing is “free” but please contact the Navigation Trust:
webmaster@driffieldnavigation.com
River Fishing Nr London(2 hours drive)
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